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The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.66% for the week ended Oct. 6 — down from 6.70% last week.

This week, the RFT adds a new person to its masthead: theatre critic Tina Farmer. In fact, you can read her first review for us online now. Even beyond Farmer's take on Stray Dog Theatre's version of A Little Night Music, this addition is an exciting thing.

A California law will impose stricter rules on raising hogs in that state before they are sold. Pork producers in the Midwest say it could cost them millions, leading to a lawsuit. The high court will hear arguments in the case tomorrow.

A California law will impose stricter rules on raising hogs in that state before they are sold. Pork producers in the Midwest say it could cost them millions, leading to a lawsuit. The high court will hear arguments in the case tomorrow.

It's been a staple in St. Louis for more than 60 years. The Steinberg Skating Rink in Forest Park has created memories for families and visitors every winter. Now, the city of St. Louis wants to create more memories that can be made all year long. That's why they're asking for your feedback in the design phase of a "Steinberg Reimagined." For eight months out of the year, the skating rink is pretty empty, but this project would change all of that. Its goal is to make the rink packed all year long,…

The school district has two full-time job openings with benefits and paid training.

It appeared the car had lost control somewhere in the intersection before traveling off the road. No other cars appeared to be involved.

ALTON - Alton's David Goins and his wife, Shelia, hosted the Mayor's Ball Saturday night at Lewis & Clark Community College and it was a memorable evening on many fronts. Alton-native Jesse White, the long-serving Illinois Secretary of State, was honored at the affair. More than 400 people attended the elegant event and Oasis Women's Shelter was the non-profit selected as a beneficiary for some of the proceeds. Goins said it was "a tremendous honor" to recognize the retirement of Secretary of State Jesse White "for his services to our country and state and for his humanitarian contributions to our youth, particularly his work with the International Jesse White Tumbling Team, which serves as a positive alternative for at-risk children residing in public housing." "Jesse White is an absolute legend and has done so much in his lifetime in politics around the state," Mayor Goins said. "It felt amazing to honor Jesse here in where he was born - Alton, Illinois. He was grateful and welcoming

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Get ready for hard tacos, soft tacos, dessert tacos, and more.

Shocking video from a South County homeowner about an attempted robbery at his home that ended with shots fired Sunday morning.

This year’s Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to three U.S.-based economists “for research on banks and financial crises.”

Details are emerging as St. Louis Police investigate a fatal hit-and-run along a busy south St. Louis street.

This home boasts a brick exterior with three stunning archways.

Opened in 1957, Steinberg is the largest outdoor ice-skating rink in the Midwest.

The festival finds a new home this year with the St. Louis County Library and runs October 13–22.

Located at 9816 Manchester, the local chain's third location is in the space previously occupied by St. Louis Wing Co.

"Most airports are lacking a concept that compares to Kingside Diner," says owner Aaron Teitelbaum.

Schnucks recently launched a "flex" workforce program, where workers log into an online app and pick up available shifts.

Even as the COVID-19 pandemic intensified economic hardship and unemployment, Missouri saw one of the nation’s sharpest drops in participation in WIC, a federal benefits program for low-income women and children, according to a report released last week. The steep decline, the report found, was associated with Missouri’s burdensome system of dispersing benefits. Missouri began transitioning […]

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A Mizzou student asked me last month how I was able to succeed as a Latina journalist in a white-dominated industry. The question followed a similar theme of those asked by other members of the Latin American Student Association, which had invited me to the university’s Columbia campus to speak as part of Hispanic Heritage […]

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